@teachfucks “ fired? no, marco… not if you play this right. but, it falls on me, and i’m forced to act, you know? ”
he released marco’s hand, deliberately letting his fingers trail off before stepping back just enough.
“ so, pants down. 𝒏𝒐𝒘. ”
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leaned back in his chair, feet propped atop his cluttered desk, shoes crossed at the ankles. sunlight filtered through the half-open blinds, casting lazy stripes across an empty coffee mug.
𝒂͟𝒏͟𝒚͟𝒐͟𝒏͟𝒆͟ is welcome to come in.
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@teachfucks “please, no thanks needed. but, hey, there’s something i wanted to speak to you about.”
austin tightened his grasp of marco’s hand and used it to pull the younger man around the edge of his desk.
“there’s a video of you going around.”
@teachfucks ⠀
he swung his feet off the desk and sat up with a forced grin, extending his hand across the desk.
“mr. lopez, it’s nice to finally put a name to a face. come on in, and shut the door behind you.”
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@principlaps yeah, of course. we’re actually ahead of schedule with all the recent hires, and i’ll take care of whatever’s left.
but, you’ll owe me one. deal?
@hendrsnrots and that’s exactly he snuck away from dustin, and propped himself outside her bedroom door. he hesitated for a moment, before lifting a fist, and knocking.
“hey, trouble, you in there?”